I have a Wordpress Front End Form to Publish/Draft Posts directly from my theme: -
<?php
if( 'POST' == $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] && !empty( $_POST['action'] ) && $_POST['action'] == "new_post") {
// Do some minor form validation to make sure there is content
$title = $_POST["title"];
if(!empty($_POST['middle'])) {
$description = 'a sentence ' . $_POST['middle'] . ' with something in the MIDDLE. a sentence ' . $_POST['end'] . ' with something in the END.';
}
$tags = $_POST["tags"];
$post_cat = $_POST['cat'];
// ADD THE FORM INPUT TO $new_post ARRAY
$new_post = array(
'post_title' => $title,
'post_content' => $description,
'post_category' => $post_cat, // Usable for custom taxonomies too
'tags_input' => $tags,
'post_status' => 'draft', // Choose: publish, preview, future, draft, etc.
'post_type' => 'post', //'post',page' or use a custom post type if you want to
);
//SAVE THE POST
$pid = wp_insert_post($new_post);
//REDIRECT TO THE NEW POST ON SAVE
$link = get_permalink( $pid );
wp_redirect( '/post-submitted-draft' );
} // END THE IF STATEMENT THAT STARTED THE WHOLE FORM
//POST THE POST YO
do_action('wp_insert_post', 'wp_insert_post');
?>
and I have a simple php form which has the following function: -
<?php
if(!empty($_POST['middle'])) {
echo "a sentence".$_POST['middle']." with something in the MIDDLE.";
}
if(!empty($_POST['end'])) {
echo "a sentence".$_POST['end']." with something in the END.";
}
?>
I wanted to include it in the form and I did it using the method below: -
if(!empty($_POST['middle'])) {
$description = 'a sentence ' . $_POST['middle'] . ' with something in the MIDDLE. a sentence ' . $_POST['end'] . ' with something in the END.';
but it will ignore the whole value of $description if the field of 'middle' is empty and I want it to ignore just the first sentence if the field of 'middle' is empty and display the second sentence which has the field of 'end' i.e.
'a sentence ' . $_POST['end'] . ' with something in the END.';
How to make it work like this?